Hexarelin, a novel GHRP-6 analog, stimulates growth hormone (GH) release in a GH-secreting rat cell line (GH1) insensitive to GH-releasing hormone

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Giustina, Andrea ^a,c   Bonfanti, Carlo ^b   Licini, Massimo ^a   Ragni, Giorgio ^a   Stefana, Beatrice ^a  

^a Endocrine Section   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Clinica Medica c/o 2a Medicina   (Italy)

Author keywords

GH1 cells; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing peptides; Hexarelin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HEXARELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

8-BROMO CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030744258     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(97)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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